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CSEC
445:
Human-Centered Cybersecurity (Formerly CNS 445)

Due to COVID-19, Spring in-class sections will be conducted online. Please contact your instructor for more information.

Application of behavioral theories in cybersecurity context. Topics include economic theories of decision making, heuristics, biases, and bounded rationality, signal detection theory, mental models, social engineering, game theory, information search, and cognitive engineering. Students work on an individual project applying one of these theories to a practical cybersecurity scenario of their choice. PREREQUISITE(S): CNS 440